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Bhubaneswar: Odisha won three awards at the prestigious Annual India Sanitation Coalition (ISC)-FICCI Sanitation Awards 2022, held at New Delhi. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) was awarded with the “Best Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) Model – Urban,” and Sasmita Barik, a Swachha Sathi from Bhadrak Municipality was awarded with the “Women Changemaker in Sanitation”…
Bhubaneswar: The Centre for Ambedkar Studies of Utkal University on Tuesday organised a seminar on ‘Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and Social Change in India’ to mark his 66th death anniversary. While discussing Dr. Ambedkar’s vision on social change, Utkal University’s Vice-chancellor Professor Sabita Acharya pointed out the relevance of his thought towards women’s emancipation in…
Bhubaneswar: Dipanwit Dashmohapatra, a former SOA student who played a supporting role in the Odia movie ‘DAMaN’, was felicitated by SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ashok Kumar Mahapatra at the university on Tuesday. The biographical social drama, which featured eminent Odia film actor Babushaan Mohanty, depicted the relentless battle of a doctor and his pharmacist colleague against…
Bhubaneswar: A two-day men’s and women’s inter-college hockey tournament was held at the Biju Pattnaik multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Utkal University. Vice-chancellor Professor Sabita Acharya inaugurated the tournament and was accompanied by the Registrar Dr. Avaya Kumar Nayak and Comptroller of Finance Gautama Pradhan. With Odisha hosting the hockey World Cup next year,…
Bhubaneswar: A review meeting on MUKTA, the state funded flagship scheme of the government was recently held under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, H&UDD G Mathhi Vathhanan. The meeting focused on preparation of ward-wise Annual Action Plan under MUKTA for 2023-24 across 115 ULBs for creation of basic amenities. ULB officials were appraised on guiding…
East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Roop Narayan Sunkar did an inspection of the railway developmental works of Cuttack-Paradeep railway section and took stock of various developmental activities in connection with traffic facilities and hassle-free train operations. He also reviewed the developmental works of Railways in Paradeep area. Divisional Railway Manager of Khurda Road Railway…
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) agreement of Angul-Sukinda rail line project has been signed between East Coast Railway and Angul-Sukinda Railway Limited (ASRL) recently. Angul-Sukinda Railway Limited, a SPV has been incorporated by Ministry of Railway through Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) for construction and maintenance of 98.70 KM Broad Gauge (BG) single railway line between…
Bhubaneswar: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would soon be signed between Utkal University and AIIMS-Bhubaneswar towards research work in healthcare sector. Speaking on the occasion of Utkal University’s 80th foundation day here, executive director of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Prof Asutosh Biswas told about the proposed MoU. He also lauded the university’s centre of innovation and incubation, e-library…
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw during his visit to Odisha on Saturday reviewed the ongoing projects and traffic facility works with the General Manager and other principal heads of East Coast Railway (ECoR). As the projects in the state are being given priority for speedy construction work and early completion; Vaishnaw advised railway…
Bhubaneswar: Researchers of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), who figured in the world ranking of top two per cent scientists drawn up by Stanford University of USA for 2022, were felicitated on Friday by the Deemed to be University for their achievement. Twelve of the 16 SOA researchers were present at the felicitation ceremony presided over…
